Spirited Wales get selection boost
Wales are in “good spirits” heading into their quarter-final against Argentina, according to physical performance head Huw Bennett, who said everyone was available for selection.
Pumas suffer World Cup blow
Flanker Pablo Matera has been ruled out of Argentina’s World Cup quarter-final against Wales on Saturday with a right hamstring muscle tear, the team announced.
Watch: Les Bleus on red alert for brutal Boks
France did a runner from the Boks in Marseille a year ago, but there’ll be no escape in Paris on Sunday night, according to Keo and Zels.
Pick the winner: Boks vs France
Drop your predictions for the quarter-finals of the 2023 Rugby World Cup, headlined by the powerhouse clash between the Boks and hosts France in Paris.
Woodward: France to send Boks home
Clive Woodward predicts that all four World Cup semi-finalists will be Six Nations teams, and expects France to triumph in a close contest with defending champs, South Africa.
SA playmaker on Bok flyhalf poser
Warrick Gelant says Handre Pollard and Manie Libbok are “strong personalities” who see and play the game differently, but are both capable match-winners for the Boks at No 10.
Boks braced for Les Bleus scrum battle
Assistant coach Daan Human and prop Trevor Nyakane are ready for set-piece warfare when the Springboks and France tussle in Sunday’s World Cup quarter-final in Paris.
Aussie media rues ‘cruel’ Wallabies exit
Australian media rued their team’s “cruellest” exit from the World Cup on Sunday after Fiji squeezed past the Wallabies to reach the quarter-finals, despite a shock loss to Portugal.
Watch: Best of the Boks
As the Boks ready to face hosts France in the quarter-finals, relive the highs and lows of their pool campaign at this World Cup.
Wiese fired up for French collision
Springbok No 8 Jasper Wiese is embracing the challenge of a do-or-die clash with World Cup hosts France in the last of four quarter-finals of the 2023 edition on Sunday.
